Royals outfielder Alex Rios is expected to sit out at least two games due to a jammed thumb, according to MLB.com. Rios lost the last month of the 2014 to the same thumb injury. He is hitting .333/.349/.619 with three home runs in 42 spring at-bats.

Royals manager Ned Yost listed Lorenzo Cain, Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer and Alex Rios as viable candidates to bat second in the lineup this season, reports the Kansas City Star.

Gordon, Rios never batted second last season. Cain had only only 13 plate appearances at the No. 2 spot in 2014. Hosmer played 33 games and logged 144 plate appearance at the No. 2 spot in 2014, slashing .275/.326/.344 in those appearances.